The Bengaluru Rural Police have registered two separate cases against the warden and the owner of a private rehabilitation centre after a video showing an inmate being assaulted went viral on social media.
Singer Nick Carter has been accused of allegedly sexually assaulting a woman, who claims in a new lawsuit that she contracted STDs that led to cervical cancer.
The attack took place on March 11, when the Peshawar-bound Jaffar Express -- carrying 440 passengers -- was ambushed. Several hostages were taken during the assault, prompting a two-day security operation to neutralize the threat and rescue the captives.
Karnataka government's Chief Whip Saleem Ahmed on Sunday stated that the police firing in Hubballi, which resulted in the death of an accused in a POCSO and murder case, was carried out in self-defence after the man tried to assault a woman police officer.
BJP MLA from Siliguri, Shankar Ghosh, led a protest on Sunday against the alleged assault on two Hindu devotees during Charak Puja rituals at the Mahananda River.
Taking to social media X, Adhikari said that the protest was a 'premeditated act of violence' and an 'assault on democracy and governance' by the Jihadist forces.
Bengaluru police have identified the person who had posted the video online in a sexual assault case and assured that the accused will be arrested soon.
The state minister Parameshwara faced criticism for saying, in context of a molestation case that took place on April 3 in Bengaluru, that such crimes are common in big cities.
PDP President Mehbooba Mufti condemned the Act, asserting that it goes beyond religious matters and represents a direct assault on the rights, beliefs, and dignity of the country's crores of Muslims.